How To Install libmemkind-progs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmemkind-progs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmemkind-progs
libmemkind-progs is:
Memkind is a user-extensible heap manager for heterogeneous memory platforms and mixed memory policies.
This package contains support programs that use libmemkind0.
There are three methods to install libmemkind-progs on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmemkind-progs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmemkind-progs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmemkind-progs
Install libmemkind-progs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmemkind-progs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmemkind-progs
Install libmemkind-progs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmemkind-progs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmemkind-progs
How To Uninstall libmemkind-progs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmemkind-progs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmemkind-progs
Uninstall libmemkind-progs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmemkind-progs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmemkind-progs
Remove libmemkind-progs Configurations and Data
To remove libmemkind-progs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmemkind-progs
Remove libmemkind-progs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmemkind-progs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmemkind-progs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmemkind-progs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.